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At 2011 Chess Masters Final, São Paulo

1st leg in São Paulo, Ibirapuera Park, from September 25th to October 1st.
2nd leg in Bilbao, Alhóndiga, from 5th to 11th October.

Tourney sytem - double round robin with 6 players over 10 rounds
Time control - 90 minutes/40 moves + 30 minutes + 10 seconds/move starting with the 1st move
Game start - 15h for all rounds in São Paulo (14h - NY time / 20h Paris time) --- 16:00 in Bilbao
Rest day - 29th September and 9th October

Participants
WR #1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2823)
WR #2 Viswanathan Anand (IND,2817)
WR #3 Levon Aronian (ARM,2807)
WR #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR,2765)
WR #12 Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2753)
WR #28 Francisco Vallejo (ESP,2716)

Round 2 - Tuesday, September 27
Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Francisco Vallejo
Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Levon Aronian
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Viswanathan Anand

Round 1 - Monday, September 26
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian 1-0 Francisco Vallejo

Anand and Carlsen agreed draw in 28 moves ... Nakamura and Ivanchuk game also ended in 28 moves ... Only Levon Aronian scored win against Vallejo in 53 moves.

In the second round again only Vallejo found losing side ... Vassily Ivanchuk defeated him in 37 moves ... Nakamura hold Anand in 38 moves ... Carlsen and Aronian also managed draw after 56 moves.